EPA Assistant Administrator Ben Grumblies to Participate in Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center Designation for the North Carolina Aquariums.ATLANTA -- Ben Grumbles, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and Assistant Administrator for Water, will participate in a ceremony to designate the North Carolina Aquariums as the United States' 18th Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center on Thursday, January, 13, 2005. This prestigious national designation will be presented to the Aquarium by Grumbles and P. Lynn Scarlett P. Lynn Scarlett is the Deputy Secretary of the Interior. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Scarlett was sworn in as Deputy Secretary of the Interior on November 22, 2005. , Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, U.S. Department of Interior. The Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center network connects with more than 20 million people each year, educating them about the function and value of coastal resources. The North Carolina Aquariums worked closely with Coastal America to receive the official designation. WHO: EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. Assistant Administrator Ben Grumbles, Department of Interior Assistant Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Congressman Mike McIntyre Douglas Carmichael "Mike" McIntyre II (born August 6, 1956) is an American politician from the state of North Carolina. A Democrat, McIntyre represents North Carolina's 7th congressional district (see map) in the United States House of Representatives. and NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Bill Ross WHAT: Ceremony to designate the North Carolina Aquariums as a Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center WHEN: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:00 a.m. WHERE: NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher Fort Fisher, Confederate earthwork fortification, built by Gen. William Whiting in 1862 to guard the port of Wilmington, N.C.; scene of one of the last large battles of the Civil War. (15 miles south of Wilmington on U.S. 421, just beyond Kure Beach and north of the Fort Fisher ferry terminal) |
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